It was a drunken night out that ended in an exchange in a south-west London police station that lasted about an hour. Such incidents are commonplace for officers and rarely garner much furore. But this particular case has captured the attention of football fans around the world. Sam Kerr, the captain of the Australian women’s … Read more
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The 2025 Premier League Darts begins this evening, and Luke Littler starts his title defence with a blockbuster. ‘The Nuke’ won the 2024 competition in his debut year, beating ‘Cool Hand’ Luke Humphries in the final to pocket the £275,000 prize money. 5 Darts prodigy Littler is the reigning PDC World ChampionCredit: AFP Littler heads into the … Read more
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting … Read more
Michael van Gerwen has criticised world champion Luke Littler for keeping his Premier League rivals waiting at a media day ahead of the 2025 Premier League Darts. Defending champion Littler and six-time winner Van Gerwen are among the eight competing players who gathered in Belfast on Wednesday, a day before the opening night of the … Read more
Anytime he mentions that he played in Super Bowl XLVII, former San Francisco 49ers tight end Delanie Walker knows what question is coming next. He inevitably gets asked, “Is that the one when the lights went out?” “That’s always the first thing that comes up,” Walker told Yahoo Sports with a laugh. “It’s never something … Read more
Two good weeks in a row. It truly is a Christmas miracle. After a miserable run with my NFL picks, it’s been two straight weeks of solid picking for me. I went 9-6-1 against the spread this past week and 12-4 straight up. That ups my straight-up season record to 153-87 and my ATS season … Read more
Geno Smith is the latest example of how a new home can change the trajectory of an NFL career. The 34-year-old continues to post stronger statistical years seemingly every season in Seattle and is averaging career-highs as a starter in passing yards per game (262.5) and completion percentage (70.1%). The Seahawks will play the Chicago … Read more
The Seattle Seahawks will try to snap their two-game losing streak when they face the Chicago Bears on Thursday Night Football. Seattle is coming off back-to-back losses to the Packers and Vikings, causing its playoff chances to plummet. The Seahawks have won their last four road games this season, with two of those wins coming … Read more
With light pollution a major problem for stargazing in city and suburban areas, it can be hard to see stars without the right equipment to counteract it. Night vision monoculars may be the perfect bit of kit to see through the haze of light pollution. Having been through rounds of technological improvement over the past … Read more